01/04/2016

News about Dialogues on Disability!

1.The tenth installment of Dialogues on Disability will be posted here on Wednesday, January 20th. In this upcoming installment, I will talk to a disabled and queer feminist philosopher about psychiatric disability, biases against queer and disabled feminist philosophers, discrimination in job interviews, precarious employment, and much, much more!

2. I have been invited to speak about Dialogues on Disability at Congress 2016 in May on a panel entitled “Existentialism and Disability,” a joint session of the Canadian Philosophical Association and the Society for Existentialism and Phenomenology in Theory and Culture. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to discuss the aims and goals of the series, the impact of the series on the profession and discipline, what we have accomplished thus far, and disabled philosophers and the profession more generally.

3. On April 20th, the Dialogues on Disability series will celebrate its first anniversary! Please be sure to check out the special first anniversary installment of the series which promises to be fabulous! Lots of surprises in store!

4. Dialogues on Disability is recruiting for late 2016!

Are you a disabled philosopher?

Do you have views about ableism and the social constitution of disability that need to be put out there?

Have you experienced disability discrimination or ableist stereotyping in your workplace, at conferences, from journal referees, etc. that the philosophical community can learn from?

Have you been disadvantaged in your career because of these circumstances and events?

Do you want to be part of the change that you want to see happen in the profession?

If so, please contact me (s.tremain@yahoo.ca) to be interviewed for an upcoming installment of the Dialogues on Disability series! (I prioritize diversity with respect to disability, class, race, gender, institutional status, culture, nationality, age, and sexuality in my selection of interviewees and my scheduling of interviews.)